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Agriculture and ruraldevelopment Language en Budget CAP funding Agriculture and RuralDevelopment budget The expenditure for agriculture and ruraldevelopment is financed by two funds, which form part of the EU's general budget. The European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) finances direct payments to farmers and measures to regulate agricultural markets such as intervention and export refunds, while

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Agriculture and ruraldevelopment Language en IPARD Enlargement IPARD With the RuralDevelopment component of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance - IPA, candidate countries will be assisted through a particular instrument called IPARD - Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance in RuralDevelopment. The objective of IPARD is two-fold: to provide assistance for the implementation of the acquis

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Agriculture and ruraldevelopment Language en Conditions Enlargement Conditions for EU membership Countries wishing to join the EU must fulfill a wide range of economic and political conditions. This is obviously also the case in the agriculture and ruraldevelopment sector. Specific conditions for the agriculture and ruraldevelopment sector For the agriculture and ruraldevelopment sector,

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for Pre-accession Assistance Priorities for agriculture and ruraldevelopment In the framework of IPA component 1 (Transition Assistance and Institution Building) the priorities for assisting national administrations in the area of agriculture and ruraldevelopment are diversified and depend largely on the specific context of each country. The Commission's official documents, such as the MIPD

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Agriculture and ruraldevelopment Language en Negotiations Enlargement Accession negotiations To facilitate the accession negotiations, the entire legal framework of the EU, known as "acquis", is divided into 35 chapters, corresponding each to one policy area. Chapter 11 covers all aspects of the agricultural and ruraldevelopment sector. Agriculture and RuralDevelopment chapter Focus Accession

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Ruraldevelopment website you will find a wide range of information on the "second pillar" of the Common Agricultural Policy. These include: of ruraldevelopment programmes the new Community Initiative for ruraldevelopment: the RuralDevelopment Programmes in the different new Member States: Notice: For RuralDevelopment measures under Sapard ( S pecial a ccession p rogramme for a griculture and r

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amounted to €8 billion, approximately 18 % of the Community funding for RuralDevelopment for 2000-2006 In the current programming period 2007-2013, the allocation of the European Agricultural Fund for RuralDevelopment (EAFRD) dedicated to the scheme is € 12.6 billion or 13.9 % of the total Community funding allocation, corresponding to 32 % of the resources devoted to the improvement of the

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in these areas but this will cost money. The best way to finance the necessary new measures is through RuralDevelopment policy. The Communication proposes increasing the rate of 'modulation', i.e. the reduction of direct payments to all farms receiving more than € 5,000 per year and the transfer of the money into the RuralDevelopment budget. This would be increased gradually from 5 percent now to

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and global demand for food is growing on a daily basis. The policy ensures the highest standards of environmental care in farming and forestry, as well as for related activities. RuralDevelopment policy helps develop the economic and social fabric of our rural areas. And the CAP and RuralDevelopment policy have a vital role to play in confronting new challenges like climate change. Commission